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Here at Together Families, we connect Early Childhood Educators, Teachers and Parents. We encourage the sharing of ideas, knowledge and experiences to help build stronger and healthier children and families.

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Your school name: *

City/town: *

Postal code: *

Email address: *

1. What is your position? *

Principal

Vice-Principal

Front Desk

Librarian

Administrator

Guidance Counselor

School Nurse

Other

If you selected other, please specify:

2. In a given school year, what would you estimate is the average number of days missed by a student due to illness? *

1-5 days

6-10 days

11-15 days

15+ days

3. Does your school differentiate between absences taken for illness, vacations and for other reasons? *

Yes

No

Not sure

If yes, how are they tracked?

4. Do missed school days due to student illness, or for other reasons, impact your school's funding in any way? *

Yes

No

Not sure

5. How valuable would it be to receive help reducing student sick days? *

1 (incredibly valuable)

2

3

4

5 (not valuable)

6. Cold and flu seasons can seriously impact school days missed. Does your school have any specific policies regarding cold and flu prevention during these periods? *

Yes

No

Not Sure

7. What materials do you think would be the most helpful to support your school during cold and flu season? *

8. Does your school have a school nurse? *

Our school has a full time nurse

We have a part time nurse that comes to our school

Our school district has a school nurse that rotates between schools

No, our school does not have a nurse

Other

If other, can you please elaborate?

9. If there is a cold, flu or other outbreak in your school, whose responsibility is it to communicate the outbreak prevention initiatives to school staff? *

Principal

Vice-Principal

Front Desk

Librarian

Administrator

Guidance Counselor

School Nurse

Other

10. Whose responsibility is it to communicate the outbreak to parents? *

Principal

Vice-Principal

Front Desk

Librarian

Administrator

Guidance Counselor

School Nurse

Other

11. How do you communicate outbreak information to parents? *

School website

Social media

Email

Student take-homes

In person

By phone

Other

If you selected other, please specify:

12. Does your school board take an active role in outbreak prevention initiatives within the school community? *

Yes

No

Not sure

If yes, can you elaborate?

13. Deciding if a child should be sent home from school can be a difficult decision. Who in your school makes those decisions? *

Teacher

School administration

School nurse

Other

If other, can you please elaborate?

14. Does your school have guidelines to help determine if a child should be kept home from school? *

Yes

No

Not sure

15. What is the school policy if students are ill but can’t be sent home? *

16. Who is responsible for cleaning and maintaining surface areas such as desks, counter tops, tables, etc. inside the classroom? *

Custodial staff

Teachers

Both

Other

If you selected other, can you elaborate?

17. Studies have shown a direct link between surface cleaning, germ reduction and illness. Does your school have custodial staff? *

Yes

No

Not sure

18. Does the custodial staff clean classrooms differently from common areas? *

Yes

No

Not sure

If yes, what is the main difference?

19. Who determines which cleaning products custodial staff use? *

School board

Custodial staff

School Administration

Other

20. If you know which cleaning products they currently use and which surfaces they focus on, please share that information here:

21. Where does the budget to pay for cleaning supplies for the custodial staff come from? *

School board

Our school operating budget

Other

If you selected other, please explain:

22. Do you know how much is spent each year on cleaning supplies for custodial staff at your school each year? *

$500-$1,000

$1,000-$2,500

$2,500-$5,000

$5,000-$10,000

More than $10,000

I don't know

23. Does your school have a parent involvement committee head? *

Yes

No

Not sure

24. If they play a role in illness and germ prevention, can you describe what that role is?